On January 22, Apple releasediOS 17.3, iPadOS 17.3,macOS Sonoma 14.3, tvOS 17.3 et watchOS 10.3. In this article, you can find all the new features of these updates seen mainly on iPhone and iPad.
Note that all smartphones and tablets supporting iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 can install iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3:
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What's new for iOS and iPadOS 17.3
For now, the list of changes is slim. Here's what we spotted aside from new bug fixes and security vulnerabilities:
- Stolen Device Protection:a new security option allows you to define reliable zones, outside of which when the user wants to access sensitive information, biometric or digital/alphanumeric authentication must be validated.See here for more details. Outside of reliable zones, certain critical settings can also only be changed after a certain waiting time
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- Apple Music and collaborative playlists:you can participate or involve your friends in creating shared playlists. Joining a collaborative playlist can be done simply by adding an email address, by shared link or even by scanning a QR code
- New Apple Watch Unity Bloom wallpaper and watch face:meet thereto download it without having iOS 17.3
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Key dates in the development of iOS 17.3
- December 12, 2023:first beta released, with changes listed below in video
- January 3, 2024:second beta released, with changes listed below in video
- January 9, 2024:third beta released, with changes listed below in video
- January 17, 2024:fourth beta released, in beta RC, with the changes listed below in video
- January 22, 2024:final version released, with all changes listed in video below
How to install iOS 17.3 or iPadOS 17.3
And the other updates?
As noted in the introduction, Apple also released tvOS 17.3, watchOS 10.3 and macOS Sonoma 14.3. For these three OS, no other notable changes are to be reported.
Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.
